http://dir.salon.com/topics/jews/?source=rss&aim=jews en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT By Gregory Levey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/21/influencing_israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/21/influencing_israel/index.html?source=rss Are Israeli politicians increasingly beholden to conservative Americans who lavish them with financial support and political pressure? By Aluf Benn Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/24/obama_in_israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/24/obama_in_israel/index.html?source=rss He got a rock-star reception here, but an intriguing question lingers: Which U.S. presidential candidate is better for this country? By Mike Madden Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/19/jewish_voters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/19/jewish_voters/index.html?source=rss With Jewish voters critical in such swing states as Nevada and Pennsylvania, Republicans hope to exploit a supposed softness in Obama's support for Israel. So far, it's not working. By Douglas Wolk Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/07/sfar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/07/sfar/index.html?source=rss A graphic novel celebrates a lost Algerian-Jewish way of life and wonders what it means to live as a person of faith in a world that doesn't share it. By David Grossman Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/11/israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/11/israel/index.html?source=rss Israel's disastrous Second Lebanon War showed we've become an existential danger to ourselves. Our future depends on fundamental change. By Allen Barra Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/02/06/nemirovsky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/02/06/nemirovsky/index.html?source=rss "Suite Française" made her a posthumous literary sensation. But newly published work raises the question: Was Némirovsky a Jewish anti-Semite? By King Kaufman Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/24/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/24/thursday/index.html?source=rss The harder they shawl: The documentary "Orthodox Stance" explores the worlds of Dimitriy Salita, an undefeated boxer and observant Chasidic Jew. By Christopher Noxon Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/12/22/irving_the_snowchicken/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/12/22/irving_the_snowchicken/index.html?source=rss Forget Christmakkah and Festivus. Our interfaith holiday involves a magical rooster who fills the children's pants with presents. By Aluf Benn Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/26/two_state/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/26/two_state/index.html?source=rss President Bush's peace summit for Israelis and Palestinians ignores a painful truth -- one that we are already living in the Middle East. By Gregory Levey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/09/gaydamak_bibi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/09/gaydamak_bibi/index.html?source=rss Together, an enigmatic billionaire and a resurgent Bibi Netanyahu could put Israel on the war path. Dick Cheney, AIPAC and Iran are all watching closely. By Christine Smallwood Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/09/27/two_lives/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/09/27/two_lives/index.html?source=rss Janet Malcolm's search for the real Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas exposes some hard truths about the duo and biography itself. Joan Walsh Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/salon/2007/09/04/jewish_baseball_players/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/salon/2007/09/04/jewish_baseball_players/index.html?source=rss I'll give it to Jon Stewart and Denis Leary. By Cary Tennis Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/31/infertile/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/31/infertile/index.html?source=rss I'm struggling on too many fronts -- religion, fertility, parenting philosophy, even employment. By Sandy Tolan Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/04/six_day_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/04/six_day_war/index.html?source=rss Little-noticed details in declassified U.S. documents indicate that Israel's Six-Day War may not have been a war of necessity. By Gregory Levey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/16/aipac/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/16/aipac/index.html?source=rss AIPAC's three-day summit included fiery evangelical oratory, adoration for Dick Cheney -- and new plans for going after Iran. By Gregory Levey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/29/israeli_arabs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/01/29/israeli_arabs/index.html?source=rss Tensions are rising between Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens -- and could affect the chances for peace, or wider war, in the Middle East. By Gregory Levey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/19/israellobby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/12/19/israellobby/index.html?source=rss A new alliance, including financier George Soros and former Bill Clinton advisor Jeremy Ben-Ami, aims to take on the powerful lobbyist group AIPAC -- and reshape U.S. policy. By Daniel Mendelsohn Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2006/12/14/mendelsohn_excerpt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2006/12/14/mendelsohn_excerpt/index.html?source=rss Daniel Mendelsohn remembers the strange effect he had as a boy on his kin in this excerpt. Lynn Harris Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/08/01/pro_choice_and_religious/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/08/01/pro_choice_and_religious/index.html?source=rss More advocates for reproductive freedom are finding God on their side, too. Lynn Harris Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/18/jewish_women_in_film/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/18/jewish_women_in_film/index.html?source=rss A women's studies prof can't recall the last time she saw a richly textured Jewish female character onscreen. Lynn Harris Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/18/ashkenazi_dna/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/18/ashkenazi_dna/index.html?source=rss The ancestry of 40 percent of Ashkenazi Jews is traced to four women. By Stephen Hirsch Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/01/06/hats/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/01/06/hats/index.html?source=rss To most people, Jack Abramoff's stylish brim says "Godfather." But if you're an observant Jew, it tells a much different story. By Michelle Goldberg Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/29/foxman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/29/foxman/index.html?source=rss Worried by increasingly strident evangelical rhetoric, Jewish leaders have finally dared to criticize conservative Christians. Will an alliance held together only by a shared support for Israel survive? By Jana Prikryl Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/09/01/bezmozgis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/09/01/bezmozgis/index.html?source=rss David Bezmozgis' extraordinary stories about life as an Eastern European immigrant in Canada deserve the praise lavished on them this summer. And I ought to know. By Gary Kamiya Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/07/19/ben_cramer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/07/19/ben_cramer/index.html?source=rss Richard Ben Cramer talks about "How Israel Lost," his exploration of how the occupation of Palestinian land has corrupted the soul of the Jewish state he loves.